upon the Epiflle Of J A M ! s. / VERs.q. ~nd Religion, and others lefs knowing.do furpri~e it? This is li~e J him that gazed upon the Mooo,but fell mto the ptt. One prpperty f8; Of true wifdom is to be able to manage and carry on our work and bufinefs · therefore none fo wife as they that V.·alk_circumfpeflly, Ephef5 ~I 6. ·The card.efs Chri!lian is the greatdl fool, he is heed• · lefs of his main bufinefs. Another p'3rt of wifdom is to prevent danger ; and the greater the danger, rhe more caution 010uld we ufe: ·Certainly then there is no fool like the fim1ing fool, that ven..: tureth his Scul at every cafi,and nmneth blindfold upon the greattfl: hazard. b I might enlarge my felf in all Points of Wtfdom, bm ~ bSee Dr Sif1?s forget the- Laws of rhls Ex.ercife. The Ufe ofall, is to checl< rhofe in Hvf.H 8 that pleafe themrelves in ·a f:Ilfe wifdcm. 1. The \\'orld!y Wife: MeA are ·cunning to fpin a web of vanity, and to ~ffeduate their· caro:~l purpofts; alas, this is the greatdt tclly ; ft>r. · 8. 3. Since thej ha,ve rejeCled tht Word of God, \th,:a \l.•ijdom ~§ in tbc·m.? Who woulddig for Iron wirh Mattocks of Gdd? The fl:rengrh of your fpirirs, yo_ur feriqus carts arc better worth then vanity: Ufu– ally Providenc-e maketh fools of the worldly wife; their under- · ftanding undotth them, as •cis faid of7labylon,Ifai.48·9· they ov~r- · wit and out"reach themfelves. 2. · Sttch as ·tomem themftlves ' . with humane k.._nowlr:dg: Some cao almoll with Berengaritu di[- ,} pute de omt:ifcihili; or with Solomon, unravel nature (rom the· I Cedar to the HJJfop; but knownotGod, know not themfelves: / like the foolilh Virgins, make no provifion for the rime ro co!ne; · . . and fo do b4t cWifely go to Hell. Some of the Heathtns had large c_S.tpuntes f 1"' ] · d '- ,r.:J!i h .r1 r. h. ·b r: I punter d£[t en· fll OWffients, fJUt proJe tng t emJe.vei\V~e, t .CJ ecamef.QO s, dutit i.z i;fuRom.I.u. 3• Such as hum afcer not1ons and fubltme fpcculattons, rtttm, Hieron. knowing only that t.hey ma:y know. ~ poor Soul that looketh Hea- · venward, hatb more true wifdom then all the great Rabbies·of the world: The Teflimonies of the L(Jrd makf V.:ife theJimpLc, Pfal. 19•7• And in anorher phce, A good underftanding have afl they that do thereafter: Others may have 01arprr wirs, but -they have more favory appn.:he.nfions; as Blunt Irons, if heated, pitrce derper then thofe that a:e '{barp anet c~ed, if cold: 4'• ~uch as an~ fin- ,fnlly crafty, have Wlt mough to brew wicl<ednefs; 0 'cis bener be . a (ool in that craft : I Cor. I 4.2o. Be.not children in underfhmd- · ing, ~ut in malic-e beye children: . Happy they, whofeSouls never enter m(o fins fe~rets 1 Rom. 16. T9. I would ha·veyou Wife in that ' Which u good, m1d Jimple in that which u evil :· • fis .be.fi'be one 'of . · ·... Ddd the
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